Resources

This resource contains a sample Action Plan to be signed annually by an organization's board directors. This sample comes from the Community Design Collaborative in Philadelphia, PA. This can be useful document should you wish to add more specificity to a director's annual duties and expected actions other than what is called out in a more formal roles and responsibilities document; the value of the Action Plan is that is asks director's to sign and renew their commitments every year - a way of keeping your organization's priority top of mind for all directors.

Note: For more related resources, please see the March 2015 webinar, "Ask the Experts: Board Engagement."

This resource details a sample Monthly Report issued by an organization's chief executive to its board of directors. This sample resource comes from the Chicago Architecture Foundation. It outlines a suggested monthly format for apprising trustees of an organization's latest news and high-level activities. A helpful sample document, should your organization not yet have such board materials in place.

This resource details the table of contents from a sample Orientation Binder issued to new board members. This sample resource comes from the Chicago Architecture Foundation. It outlines for you the suggested high level information this organizations wishes its trustees to have readily available. A helpful sample document should your organization not yet have such board materials in place.

This workshop presented by Thought Warrior, Inc. at the 2014 Design Matters Conference in Washington, DC (November 12-15) focused on the challenges facing leaders of architectural organizations to explain the value and impact of design to lay audiences. Professional story coaches from Thought Warrior, Inc. worked with one AAO participant over a series of weeks; "before" and "after" pitches were presented as part of this general workshop on effective storytelling.